# about collect packets

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/about-collect-packets/321>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [December 25, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/about-collect-packets/321 "2002-12-25T14:03:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shaofu\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Shaofu\_Wang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Shaofu_Wang)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/about-collect-packets/321/1 "2002-12-25T14:03:11Z")

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Hi

Marry christmas.

I can't find out pcap\_dispatch either pcap\_loop in Bro.  
How does Bro collet packets ???

Have a nice year.  
Ciao  
Cloud

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**Author:** ![Ashley\_Thomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Ashley\_Thomas](https://community.zeek.org/u/Ashley_Thomas)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/about-collect-packets/321/2 "2002-12-25T18:37:45Z")

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There are other libpcap functions which Bro makes use of.

Wang Shaofu wrote:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/about-collect-packets/321/3 "2022-05-06T15:36:39Z")

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